Shoe-form



E. A. BURNS.

SHOE FORM.

l APPLIQAUON FILED APR.9| 1919. I 1,330,428. 'Y Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT oEEicE.

EUGENE A. BURNS, or EAST BRooKEIELn, MASSACHUSETTS, AssreNon E ONE-HALE TO CLAUDE A. DEER, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-FORM.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Application filed April 9, 1919. Serial No. 288,702.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EUGENE A. BURNS, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Brookfield, in the county of Worcester and State oi. Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Form, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a porting the top of a high shoe in normal position, as for show-window display purposes.

It has been customary to use tissue paper or other similar material for obtaining this result, butthis is both laborious and unsatisfactory, as shoes thus `prepared promptly lose their desired appearance when handled,

' as the paper is easily crushed and then requires replacement.

It is the object of my invention to provide a light metal form for this purpose which may be easily and cheaply manufactured, which is neat and effective in use, and which may be readily stored in quantities when not.

1n use.

A preferred form of my invention' is shown inthe drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved form, disposed in a shoe lindicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the form, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof. Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the shoe form in its preferred construem tion comprises a single piece of wire bent to form an upper loop 10, a lower loop 11 and front portions 12 and 13. The loops 10 and 11 are held in proper spaced relation by side spacing strips 15 'and 16, and a back spacing strip 17. These' strips are preferably 40 formed of flat metal stock of, substantial thickness and have' their ends secured to the upper and lower loops in any convenient manner, as by bending theV ends closely around the wire loops. The strips may be 45secured from displacement along the wires by soldering or brazing if desired, and the two ends of the wire may be secured within an end portion of one of the strips, as indiv cated at 18 (Fig. 1) or may be connected in any other convenient manner.

vThe front portions 12 and'13, the Side strips 15 and 16, and the back strip 17 are form for sup- Y all shaped to conform closely to the outline of the Shoe topI when the latter is in normal position, and the parts are of suiicient strength and stiffness to maintain their po- Sition and hold the shoe top in the desired condition. The wire framework gives a certain amount of resilience to the form, thus permitting it to be easily placed within the Shoe. The absence of crossconnections. between the front portions 12 and 13 permits the forms to be slipped Within each other for storage.

Having thus described my invention, it will be seen that I have provided 'an eX- tremely simple, durable and efficient form for supporting the top of a high shoe in normal position,'and that the device possesses many advantages over the devices prev`1` ously used.

It will -be evident that changes and modifications can be made in my invention by thosel skilled in the art without departing from thev spirit and scope thereof as set Vforth in the claims, and I do not wish to be otherwise limited to the details herein disclosed,'but what I claim is 1. A shoe form comprising a light wire frame having substantially vertical upper and lower shoe -engaging loops, and sub-.

stantially vertical members connecting said loops at a plurality of points and Veach adapted `to position the top of a shoe by engagement therewith.

24A shoe form comprising a light wire frame having the general shape of the inside of a shoe in both horizontal and vertical section, and 'having side and rear upright members secured at the upper and lower `ends to said frame and also adapted to engage andV support the top of a shoe within which the form is placed.

3. A shoe form comprising a frame formed-from. a single piece of wire and having upper and lower loops, and relatively stili' metal spacing Hstrips secured between said loops at the back and ASides of said frame 'and adapted to support a shoe top in normal position.r

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

EUGENE A. BURNS.-

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,330,428, granted February 10,

1920, upon the application of Eugene A. Burns, of East Brookeld,`Massachusetts,

for an improvement in Shoe-Forms, an error appears in the printed speoication requiring correction as follows: Line 80, claim 1, for the Word vertical read horizontal; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the samev rnay conforrn to the record of the case in the` Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 9th day of March, A. D., 1920. 'l

M. H. ooULsToN,

Acting Uommss'iOner of Patents. 

